Canso: Estat ai en greu cossirier, Beatritz de Dia
I am hot with desire
for a knight I've
had;
I wish it always said
I've loved
excessively;
now I see I'm
self-betrayed:
I didn't give my
love,
and my great error is
displayed
to me, in bed, or
dressed.
I truly wish to hold
my knight
one night in naked
arms:
he'd succumb to all
my charms,
if I cushioned his
delight;
for I am made more
fair, thereby,
than was to Floris,
Blancheflor;
I grant my love and
heart,
my sense, my eyes, my
life.
Sweet friend, my
rightful bliss,
shall I hold your
heart in fee?
And shall I lie with
you one night
to share my amorous
kiss?
My desire's surely
great
to hold you in my
husband's place--
provided that you pledge
to me
you'll make my every
wish complete.